Odd Fellows Cemetery (Starkville, Mississippi)

Historic cemetery in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, US

United States historic place

Odd Fellows Cemetery

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location| Jct. of US 82 and Henderson Street,
Starkville, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, U.S.
Coordinates| 33°28′0″N 88°49′15″W﻿ / ﻿33.46667°N 88.82083°W﻿ / 33.46667; -88.82083
Area| 3 acres (1.2 ha)
NRHP reference No.| 90001064[1]
Added to NRHP| July 24, 1990

The Odd Fellows Cemetery in Starkville, Mississippi is a historic, 3-acre (1.2 ha) African-American cemetery that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

Odd Fellows Cemetery is one of the oldest African American cemeteries in Mississippi.[2] It was founded by lodge number 2948 of the Grand Order of Odd Fellows of America. Burials began in the 19th century, but permanent markers were not in use until the 1920s. In 1939 the Odd Fellows Lodge sold the cemetery to National Funeral Home, a white-owned company that continued to operate it as an African-American cemetery. The property has changed several times since then.[3]

## See also

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* List of Odd Fellows cemeteries
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi

## References

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1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. ^ Mississippi Department of Archives and History. "Odd Fellows Cemetery – State Historical Marker". Retrieved April 7, 2011.
3. ^ Marszalek, John F. Mississippi Women: Their Histories, their lives: Sadye Wier (1905–1995) A Life of Independence and Service. University of Georgia Press. pp. 213–214\. ISBN 978-0820325033.213-214&rft.pub=University+of+Georgia+Press&rft.isbn=978-0820325033&rft.aulast=Marszalek&rft.aufirst=John+F&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Odd+Fellows+Cemetery+(Starkville,+Mississippi)" class="Z3988">

## External links

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* Odd Fellows Cemetery at Find a Grave
* Odd Fellows Cemetery (aka, IOOF Cemetery at Find a Grave

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